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UCLA Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:00 PM Original message |
Germany's Ratzinger is new pope |
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Don Claybrook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh goody. Another neocon in power |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. surely there are some who will wake up to this |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
57. This makes me ask ... |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Did you expect a liberal to be elected? |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
259. Didn't expect a pope who supported Hitler and the Holocaust. (nt) |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 03:29 AM Response to Reply #259 |
286. bad as he is.... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 05:15 AM Response to Reply #286 |
290. Bad as he is, he actually did. He was a Nazi Youth while Hitler was in |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:10 AM Response to Reply #290 |
295. being compelled to join the Hitler youth does NOT equate |
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PaulaFarrell (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #290 |
309. That's not really fair |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:31 AM Response to Reply #26 |
277. Frankly, I expected it would be Ratzo. |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. So fitting this is the first response. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Yes... my very conservative father already emailed me |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
53. My mom just joined the Episcopal Church, she likes it a lot |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:31 PM Response to Reply #53 |
67. Yes, good "Anglo Catholics" |
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kittycat1164 (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
132. just out of curiousity..... |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:47 PM Original message |
The American Catholic Church is not too bad. |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
211. The American Catholic Church is not too bad. |
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JohnnyBoots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Yeah, how did they get the #1 draft pick, no surprise they spent |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. I tell you for sure, this isn't going to bring any back |
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JohnnyBoots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. I prefer, "Collapsed Catholic." |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #45 |
152. I think of myself as a "Renegade Catholic". My wife... |
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tallahasseedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:38 PM Response to Reply #152 |
182. Same here... |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:31 PM Response to Reply #182 |
188. Kind of like an ephiphany, huh? |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 02:53 PM Response to Reply #152 |
320. The Da Vinci Code is fiction. |
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Laurab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:37 PM Response to Reply #45 |
227. I've called myself a "recovering Catholic" |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #45 |
256. I like Recovering Catholic. |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 01:36 PM Response to Reply #256 |
307. I took the one-step program. One giant step forward and out of the church |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
111. Funny, I just turned to my husband and said "well, looks like I won't be |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
88. If I could re-leave the Church, I would. :( |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #88 |
115. I wonder if all us un-officially ex-Catholics COULD make it Official |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:01 PM Response to Reply #115 |
193. That's actually an excellent idea. |
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muz (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 01:58 AM Response to Reply #115 |
282. heh - inverse excommunication |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 07:05 AM Response to Reply #282 |
314. Welcome to DU muz. |
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HardElection (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
133. Don't worry we'll have another chance for another pope |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 07:12 AM Response to Reply #133 |
316. or 100. Only the good die young. |
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Scairp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
142. One thing is for sure |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:31 PM Response to Reply #142 |
200. Even worse... |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
165. Neo-con is a foreign policy description. Ratzinger is not a neo-con. |
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Don Claybrook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:06 PM Response to Reply #165 |
216. tell it to the newspapers. He's a neo-con n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:20 PM Response to Reply #216 |
221. Deleted message |
Don Claybrook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:29 PM Response to Reply #221 |
245. Save it for someone else, Jesus |
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Don Claybrook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:45 PM Response to Reply #221 |
246. Hey, JC: tell me again how stupid I look |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:56 PM Response to Reply #246 |
247. Deleted message |
Don Claybrook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #247 |
248. My wife is right here |
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Don Claybrook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:10 PM Response to Reply #247 |
249. Self-edited |
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ekwhite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:23 PM Response to Reply #165 |
252. No, he's not a neocon |
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arnieheff (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:22 AM Response to Reply #165 |
271. He Makes Neo-con Sound Liberal |
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arnieheff (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
270. Catholics Are Fleeing |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
275. I already had been "slipping" from the Church's grasp...now I'm gone. |
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Habibi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. He's 78 |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Thin broth, this was a setback for progressives everywhere. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. There are no "progressive" Cardinals with a shot of being elected |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. Good points, but by all accounts he was the worse of the lot. n/t |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
215. So economically far left that |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 03:40 AM Response to Reply #32 |
287. agree 100% |
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SharonRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
84. My thoughts exactly. |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
93. It's a sad day when the best aspect of a new pope is that he's likely to |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
205. Huh... |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
213. That was my first thought... |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. Former Hitler youth... here's the link |
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dhinojosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Oh c'mon Pope Panzer SS won't be that bad... |
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UCLA Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Very disturbing. The Catholics had a chance to really move forward. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Why? Ratzinger might as well have taken John Paul III as his name |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. But he didn't. The fact that he took "Benedict" signals he intends.. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Exactly -- that's the first thing I thought of when I saw what name |
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President Jesus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
224. Ridiculous. Benedict XV was very progressive and an 'enemy' to ... |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:01 PM Response to Reply #224 |
238. "made John Paul II look like Abbie Hoffman" |
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Rich Hunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:47 PM Response to Reply #224 |
265. interesting choice |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
77. He practially endorsed GW Bush as the next great president |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:19 PM Response to Reply #77 |
220. He Bent over and serviced the CHIMPANZEE |
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uncertainty1999 (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
263. Regular Catholics never had a chance .... |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
46. OK, I'm pissed about this too, but the Nazi thing is thin |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #46 |
72. German U boat commander |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:07 PM Response to Reply #72 |
137. Interesting....I wonder which version is correct? |
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jsw_81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #46 |
82. Funny, people from his village say he could have easily avoided service |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:53 PM Response to Reply #82 |
212. He said his anti-aircraft gun, "wasn't even loaded"... |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
170. Ok fair enough, but they didn't have to make him Pope but |
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arnieheff (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:26 AM Response to Reply #46 |
273. Wasn't Joining the Hitler Youth Thing Voluntary? |
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Mondon (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:14 AM Response to Reply #273 |
300. Compulsory by 1936 |
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Vitruvius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
75. John Paul II was in the Polish resistance during WWII; Ratzinger was in |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:03 PM Response to Reply #75 |
255. Actually JP was not in the resistance |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
122. he joined when it was made compulsory |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:45 PM Response to Reply #122 |
209. nothing in this life is compulsory. man has free will, doesn't he? |
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President Jesus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:30 PM Response to Reply #209 |
225. he was like 12 years old. Do your kids have outright free will? |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:11 AM Response to Reply #225 |
266. you assume i have kids, LOL!!! |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:58 PM Response to Reply #209 |
254. what if they threatened his parents...you know how those Nazis |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:14 AM Response to Reply #254 |
267. other people escaped, i don't blame him as much for taking part as i do |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 03:46 AM Response to Reply #267 |
288. can you post a link to the denial? |
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arnieheff (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:30 AM Response to Reply #209 |
276. Ratzinger Hides Behind the Argument |
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arnieheff (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:28 AM Response to Reply #122 |
274. That's What He Says |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
171. So, what you're saying is, a man can't change? |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #171 |
181. That's not the point! Of course people can change.. but they didn't |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:17 PM Response to Reply #171 |
196. Sure, people can change. |
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arnieheff (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:36 AM Response to Reply #171 |
279. You Can't Teach Old Dogs New Tricks |
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Mondon (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:15 AM Response to Reply #279 |
301. Careful, Sen. Byrd would disagree |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
251. Deleted message |
Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:58 AM Response to Reply #251 |
296. Very witty poem |
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Mondon (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
299. HY membership was compulsory by the time he was ten |
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demforever (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. Leaving the church |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I think you'll be comfortable there |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
110. I no longer attend church or subscribe to a deity, but |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:55 PM Response to Reply #110 |
236. Some are, some aren't |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. I am so sad for you. |
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Tippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. I am sorry you feel this way |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Me either. |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
64. But God chooses the Pope according to Church doctrine.... |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #64 |
100. No--here's what Ratzinger himself said about that |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:08 PM Response to Reply #100 |
138. He must have been referring to himself when he said that. |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
73. I agree |
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ngGale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:04 PM Response to Reply #73 |
214. And I...am a Vatican II convert who... |
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renaissanceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Why not?! He's the leader of your church, and if you are unhappy |
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Rich Hunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
112. i don't understand |
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renaissanceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:19 PM Response to Reply #112 |
159. It's the umbrella Church i'm talking about. |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
44. Being true to yourself... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
49. But it's not one person to us |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
125. Seconded |
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youspeakmylanguage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
148. I thought you weren't required to believe everything the pope believes... |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
183. It's not one person it's the system! Look who they choose! |
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elcondor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. If I hadn't already left the Church ... |
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renaissanceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. You might want to try the United Church of Christ. |
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Sinistrous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. I envy you. |
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hecate77 (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. I left long ago after Pius XII's work was reversed |
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Dave Sund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
63. Er, you mean John XXIII? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:32 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Beat me to it! |
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hecate77 (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #63 |
90. Been a long time, got things mixed up. |
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Az_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
56. Yep, I'm looking at the Episcopal church too. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
153. I left after the election.....after 44 years |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
203. Where do you live? |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not exactly the guy to sieze the imaginations |
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Broken Acorn (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. Welcome to Bizarro World |
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yorkiemommie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
151. we're almost back in the Middle Ages |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. This is very sad news, indeed, for the Catholic church. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. Wikipedia on popes Benedict 14, 15 and 16 (Ratzinger). |
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dhinojosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. It's stuck..... |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
48. Benedict the XV--not a bad guy. |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. Info on the last Pope Benedict... |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. This fix was in before JP died. Bush and Cheney are smiling today. eom. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Since when is Ratzinger a neocon? |
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renaissanceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Then you'd be suggesting that Hitler was a left-winger. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
59. Will people stop with the Nazi thing? It's basically garbage |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:28 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. it is part of his past |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #59 |
76. This is not true |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #76 |
124. thanks, this is exactly where I am coming from. Holding something |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:27 PM Response to Reply #76 |
198. Wait, is Ratzinger denying he was a member? |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #59 |
94. Yes very well, but did they have to make that man "the Pope"! |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
139. Sorry, but no, it's not "basically garbage". If you look closely at the.. |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #139 |
180. “the enforcer”, “the panzer cardinal” and “God’s rottweiler” |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:23 PM Response to Reply #139 |
223. So tell me about the indoctrination of the KKK |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #59 |
149. Joey da Rat |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:29 PM Response to Reply #149 |
199. Who says he'd even HAVE to be forced? |
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GemMom (281 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #59 |
156. Right on! |
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TeeYiYi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. Someone helped . . . |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
18. Why... |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. If he hates fundie Protestants, that's a GOOD thing |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
206. No, it's the MAINSTREAM Protestants he despises... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
305. I can see this putting chinks |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
101. He might hate Protestants, but practically endorsed * |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
19. Fortunately he is a transitional pope who by mortality tables ... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
69. So--he'll be enforcing conservative doctrine... |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #69 |
207. Except that the only people who will be picking his successor... |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
86. That's a thin reed to count on. If he lives as long as ol' Strom, we are |
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Broken Acorn (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. Did Diebold run this election too? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
61. I'm not the least bit surprised it was Ratzinger |
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Charon (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 07:18 AM Response to Reply #21 |
293. Diebold |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. The Vatican is an instrument of political power. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
58. "The Vatican is an instrument of political power" |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
34. Extremely disappointing. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
202. Damn! This means he will never die! |
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norml (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
39. Reuters: Cardinal Ratzinger elected Pope |
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realFedUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
41. Ratz |
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despairing optimist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
43. A choice that may bankrupt the Vatican by alienating liberal Catholics |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
50. Well, I was afraid this was going to happen. |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
51. Thank God!.... |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
52. Wasn't he a Nazi? |
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da_chimperor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
70. Hitler Jugend, actually. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:35 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Ah, just a mini-Nazi |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:58 PM Response to Reply #71 |
135. Anyone know whether he actually joined the party? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:19 PM Response to Reply #135 |
140. I heard his family was one of the biggest opposers of it |
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Mondon (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #70 |
302. HJ was compulsory by time he was 10. |
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Stella_Artois (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #52 |
74. No |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. Then he was in the German Army |
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Stella_Artois (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #79 |
97. So was the rest of his class |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:19 PM Response to Reply #97 |
141. Joined the Hitler Youth in 1941, became part of a flak unit in 1943,.... |
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Kathryn7 (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #97 |
168. He was drafted and deserted in April 1944 a year before Hitler shot self. |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:07 PM Response to Reply #168 |
258. gotta link? |
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Phelan (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #52 |
173. The Jerusalem Post defended Ratzinger against those charges yesterday |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #173 |
197. Richard Perle is director of the Jerusalem Post. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #197 |
208. While this is true... |
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Phelan (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:08 PM Response to Reply #197 |
218. Probably because both are very much Jewish |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:15 PM Response to Reply #218 |
219. I think he's had 78 years of chances. |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:16 PM Response to Reply #218 |
261. You don't know what I think of the guy. |
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Charles (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:29 PM Response to Reply #52 |
178. Ratzinger = Hitler Youth |
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Charon (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 07:15 AM Response to Reply #178 |
292. Byrd=KKK |
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MrPrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
60. Pope Needs a Theme Song... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #60 |
117. Didn't Mel Brooks take care of that already? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 05:51 AM Response to Reply #117 |
291. Oh, my name is Torquemada |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #60 |
184. no -- to the tune of "Matchmaker" (Ratzinger, Ratzinger zing me a rat) |
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jeffreyi (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
65. Article by ousted priest Matthew Fox; re: current catholic affairs |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #65 |
81. With Benedict it'll only get worse!! |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:50 PM Response to Reply #65 |
190. Matthew Fox for Pope!!! |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #65 |
210. Don't forget the RCC's LIE that AIDS passes through condoms. |
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BadNews (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:42 AM Response to Reply #210 |
280. Never heard that before. Where did you get it? NT/ |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 03:15 AM Response to Reply #280 |
284. Here's a couple bits from the BBC... |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
66. One can call Pope Benedict XVI "the German Shephard" |
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Rich Hunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #66 |
116. good one |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
78. Didn't he downplay the sex scandal saying it was just an attack on the |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:51 PM Response to Reply #78 |
91. Yep, the church thumbs its nose to the victims. They just really |
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ps1074 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
80. I liked the cardinal of Brussels |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
83. Tip Your Hats for Ratz! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
85. Amazing that anyone would expect different from the RCC |
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GemMom (281 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #85 |
158. Bingo....... |
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minkyboodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
87. yikes |
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Gin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #87 |
92. it could have been worse...could have been Cardinal Law..... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #92 |
99. I miss Jaime Cardinal Sin of the Philippines |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #92 |
102. He if this one has a short life Law may be the next pope, that's pretty |
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quarbis (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #92 |
130. recovering Catholic |
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earthside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
89. Sign of the End Times .... |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #89 |
103. They've pretty much made themselves irrelevant with this choice |
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Rich Hunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #89 |
113. yes |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:22 PM Response to Reply #113 |
222. The poster is obviously not hoping for that. |
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Rich Hunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:32 PM Response to Reply #222 |
312. okay, I see |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #312 |
319. Again with the persecution complex. |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 04:18 AM Response to Reply #89 |
289. "But the truth is... |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
95. Pope #111 on St. Malachy's list -- Pope Benedict XVI...Is this weird or... |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #95 |
107. Looks like it was last modified today. |
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goobergunch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:49 PM Response to Reply #107 |
189. It appears to have been there prior to John Paul II's death |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 03:13 AM Response to Reply #189 |
283. What do you have to do to check the Google cache like that? |
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understandinglife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
96. He'll definitely accelerate the 'down-sizing' of the RCC (nt) |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #96 |
120. No, it'll be outsourcing. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
98. Deleted message |
demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #98 |
106. Zatzinger was head of the Dept. of Inquisition (that's what it |
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dusty64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
104. This is not surprising |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #104 |
108. I agree, remember Martin Luther! I think it's about time |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #108 |
157. Hey, you leave Wittenberg's church alone |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:56 PM Original message |
Symbolically spoken of course. It's really time to nail a thesis |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:39 PM Response to Reply #104 |
166. That's what I think too. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
105. Look on the bright side... |
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Catt03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
109. This should wake up all you non Catholics and the fundies too |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #109 |
118. “Only in the Catholic church is there eternal salvation” |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:36 PM Response to Reply #109 |
253. How quaint. How simplistic. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
114. What a surprise! NOT |
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LiberallyInclined (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
119. IF there is a god- I'm sure he'll be calling benedict 16 home very soon... |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
121. Oh great. They picked a Nazi. |
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LiberallyInclined (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:36 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. if you're catholic- he's the man. the holy infallible man. |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #123 |
127. Well, I'll have to see just how bad it gets then. |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:07 PM Response to Reply #127 |
185. THAT's the spririt -- now Catholic progs need to organize effectively |
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Mondon (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:19 AM Response to Reply #121 |
303. Not a Nazi |
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norml (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
126. Pope Benedict XVI Predicted |
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happynewyear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:58 PM Response to Reply #126 |
136. Ratzinger a member of the Benedictine Order 16th century |
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barbaraann (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
128. I wonder if he will save Berlusconi. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
129. Deleted message |
theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:55 PM Response to Reply #129 |
131. Why, you ask? |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:57 PM Response to Reply #129 |
134. So instead |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #134 |
145. Business as usually |
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renaissanceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:20 PM Response to Reply #145 |
160. And no control over your own crotch. |
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BadNews (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:10 PM Response to Reply #160 |
195. They would say the problem is that people don't exercise control. NT/ |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:38 PM Response to Reply #195 |
228. Only self-righteous assholes who want to control others would say that. |
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BadNews (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:12 PM Response to Reply #228 |
242. Luckily, the only ones they can control is themselves. |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #129 |
143. The real "spineless wimps" are the folks that follow the conservative.... |
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Merlin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #129 |
144. There is a moral order more rational than that spun from biblical myth. |
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pnutchuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:32 PM Response to Reply #144 |
163. Well said! |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:31 PM Response to Reply #129 |
147. My invertebrate self is calling me back home to the slime pit |
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Puglover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:52 PM Response to Reply #129 |
150. So "real religious" people |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #129 |
176. Worse yet, in Africa millions die of aids and the church |
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BadNews (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:58 PM Response to Reply #176 |
192. And it continues to grow. NT/ |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:41 PM Response to Reply #192 |
229. What, the RCC or the deaths on its hands for lying about AIDS? |
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BadNews (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:47 PM Response to Reply #229 |
231. Both actually |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:50 PM Response to Reply #231 |
233. How about some evidence to back up your claims? |
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BadNews (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:07 PM Response to Reply #233 |
239. Is NPR good enough? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:17 PM Response to Reply #239 |
244. National Petroluem Radio? Yeah, they're objective and great journalists. |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:16 PM Response to Reply #129 |
186. I am not the least bit religious but see the importance of the Church |
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BadNews (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:08 PM Response to Reply #186 |
194. The church and capitalism |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:34 PM Response to Reply #129 |
226. Vain desire? |
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BadNews (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:51 PM Response to Reply #226 |
234. In this church it is. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:54 PM Response to Reply #234 |
235. Well, it can be considered that by backwards-looking idiots... |
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BadNews (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:10 PM Response to Reply #235 |
241. People make laws and people run the churches. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:15 PM Response to Reply #241 |
243. On this we can agree. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:08 PM Response to Reply #129 |
240. How strange! |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:45 PM Response to Reply #240 |
264. Very well-said! |
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davhill (854 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
146. Don't expect any changes |
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BadNews (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #146 |
155. The only change will be more Papal traveling. |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:56 PM Response to Reply #155 |
167. He may not be any more or less conservative |
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BadNews (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:56 PM Response to Reply #167 |
191. Corrupt?? Please expound and explain. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
154. Bwahahahahaha. Classic man. Into the conclave a pope and right back... |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
161. I don't get it. This is a church with a set doctrine. Like it, or don't. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:48 PM Response to Reply #161 |
232. So you're saying all Catholics are the same? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
162. The real test: |
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pie (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #162 |
169. I agree. I think he will not oppose the invasion. |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:12 PM Response to Reply #169 |
175. Is the fact that he choose "Benedict" "the sign on the wall"? |
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norml (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #162 |
179. Pope Benedict XVI will be an emissary of peace. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
164. I want the old Pope back. |
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femme.democratique (969 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:32 PM Response to Reply #164 |
201. Me too! Ratzinger looks like death warmed over, creepy perv |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
172. So, who's going to be the new Pope? |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #172 |
174. Listen it would be nice to praise the guy, but his record doesn't |
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kittycat1164 (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 04:20 PM Response to Reply #172 |
177. I am Catholic |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:34 PM Response to Reply #172 |
204. So non-catholics can voice no opinions? |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:35 AM Response to Reply #204 |
278. You can, absolutely, but don't expect a Catholic to take you seriously. |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
187. deleted |
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tinanator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
217. jesus loves you, yes its true |
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artfan (346 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
230. Enough with the doom and gloom |
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Chalco (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
237. So perhaps since this guy's days are numbered and he's |
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ekwhite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
250. So we have an ex-Hitler Youth as Pope? |
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leeman67 (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
257. Thank GOD I'm Agnostic |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
260. Oh hooray! Now I can go back to the church, give them my money and |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
262. I could care less about this pope crap. |
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arnieheff (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
268. Responsible for Presidential Election Memo to US Cardinals |
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gort (567 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
269. Hey Catholics, Ashton Kutcher is behind all this |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
272. As a Catholic who grew up in Germany, this is the absolute WORST choice! I |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 03:25 AM Response to Reply #272 |
285. I don't know how long it's been since you left Germany, but, is it... |
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UCLA Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 10:52 AM Response to Reply #285 |
298. I read yesterday that Catholicism in Europe is sharply declining. |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 01:50 AM Response to Reply #285 |
313. I haven't lived there since 1994, but I got back regularly & have lots of |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
281. Rabbi Michael Lerner: Ratzo sides with "the anti-humane and repressive" |
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Montanan (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
294. Ratzinger looks like Pat Robertson & Tom DeLay's love-child n/t |
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UCLA Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 10:50 AM Response to Reply #294 |
297. wow. thats a disturbing mental picture. i shutter. |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 02:04 PM Response to Reply #297 |
308. Here is a disturbing picture. |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
304. SpewsMax is pimping Ratzinger's book |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
306. Uh oh...... |
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ekwhite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:03 PM Response to Reply #306 |
310. All hail der Popenfuhrer |
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Karma (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
311. Does the law of karma apply to all religions ? Just asking.... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 07:05 AM Response to Reply #311 |
315. No. |
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Karma (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 11:19 AM Response to Reply #315 |
317. Perhaps my satire was not clear... |
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318. If able to read-- |
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